For weeks, my grandfather sat in the long-stemmed grass and pored over the brown volume with its soft pages.

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In "Lady N, " from 2009, a long-stemmed silver oil lamp has punctured pink seashells and silver candle-snuffers blooming from its tip.

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Long- and short-stemmed flowers alike had snagged on the drapes.

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